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No worries. Appreciate the assistance. I used to have HiJackThis years ago as well.

Latest Registry after removal. And lastly, the latest sfc/scannow verification went perfect. RAM Scan went perfect... no errors.

Wow... you are correct. I had checked via the Window Device mgr and said it was current. Today I went to NVIDIA site. Today I see there was an update that was just over a week ago. All updated and current now . Current Driver 11/26/2021 Driver Ver 30.0.14.9709 (aka 497.09) Still same result and exits out right after the kettle drums, which is like 4 bars of music. Exact same spot regardless of if I do nothing or try to enter the menu options or start game. Wife is out of town and was soooo looking forward to a full day of 7D2D

Ok.... soooo much spent with no results. Have uninstalled. Done a System Restore to before 7D2D install. Verified that the 7D2D was no longer in Registry https://imgur.com/a/KhEaYVZ Did a system check ( sfc/scannow ) to verify no corrupted files. There were corrupted files but fixed. Then ran sfc again.... 2nd run " Windows Resource Protection did not find any integrity violations." Started up Steam again...it updated. Downloaded 7D2D again (Currently installing under C;\Program Files (x86)\Steam an Solid State Drive Still no Chicken Dinner.

Ok.....maybe we are getting somewhere. I ran Event Viewer and find a number of Application Errors logged. https://pastebin.com/Zfs6D7aP What does this tell us?

Thanks...will give it a go. No tho, I have not modified. Any ideal what it needs to be to run...or run smoothly?

Ya, I have excluded Steam both on Performance and Virus from Steam. I have also tried running with ESET(anti-virus closed). Drivers and Windows up to date. I am not sure what the log entry "Fallback handler could not load library" means. I have restarted my PC with nothing else open (Outlook, any browser tabs, etc) with no diff results. At a loss for now. Come on Team Community, I have faith in you!

I tried to enter the game quickly to see if it would generate a log error. I think it did....... here is the most current log with what I see as a possible error. Fallback handler could not load library C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/7 Days To Die/7daystodie_Data/Mono/libc Here is the current log after trying to enter a game.....still times out at about 20-30 sec https://pastebin.com/bC88riMA

Thanks for the replies. Here is the latest log. https://pastebin.com/EBbYkHRu To the question of a corrupted save...I have not been able to get in-game to get to a save point...if by save you mean a corrupted save file. I have verified the game file multiple times. The sequence of the crash is that it gets to the main menu and crashes out in about 20 seconds. I can get to the settings if I move quick, as I have seen that Motion Blur setting can cause issues. I see that mine is defaulted to Simple. But I cant get actually in game to any World before I crash out. And note, there is no message or warning....it is as if I just closed out the X on a browser Tab. Thanks

New to 7 Days to Die and very excited to play. I have multiple other Steam games, Valheim being most recent and never an issue. I understand this is pre-release, but am hoping to find help here. My system isn't new, but it is above Minimum specs and Recommended specs: Windows 10, i5-6600k processor, 3.5GHz, 16Gig Memory, 64 bit Op sys, GeForce GTX 980 graphics. I use ESET virus software. Steam is located on my primary Solid State drive C:\. I am trying run Alpha 19.6 (b8) Game launches to menu screen and I get the Main Menu ( New Game, Continue Game...etc.) Game repeatedly crashes with no message and exits out after less than 30 seconds. Again no issues at all with Valheim. I have verified the file, video drivers are up to date, restarted the computer, uninstalled and reinstalled multiple times, excluded steam from Virus and Performance on ESET, Shut off ESET altogether, tried to run as Admin. Nothing seems to have any effect at all. I have found many YouTubes, but they seem to be from 2016-2018....not as much current posts having this issue. Maybe Alpha 20 will fix....but would really appreciate any advice. Thanks in advance! Ps...If I have left out any pertinent tech specs of my machine, please let me know.